Date: 2021-10-27

# bcdata Service Documentation

#### 2021-10-27

# DataBC Services used by `bcdata`

This document is an attempt at a comprehensive list of services and API endpoints accessed by the bcdata R package, as well which return values we rely on from those endpoints.

## BC Data Catalogue

### API version:

- PROD: `https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3`
- BETA: `https://beta-catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3`

### Endpoints:

- `/action/package_show`
- `/action/package_search`
  - `license_id`
  - `download_audience`
  - `res_format`
  - `sector`
  - `organization`
- `/action/package_list`
- `/action/group_show`

### Response values used:

- package:
  - `title`
  - `name`
  - `id`
  - `license_title`
  - `type`
  - `notes`
  - `layer_name`
  - `resources` (see below)
- resource:
  - `id`
  - `package_id`
  - `object_name` (This is not always the same as the `typeNames` parameter in `resource.url`, as that is sometimes a simplified view - eg., `WHSE_ADMIN_BOUNDARIES.ADM_NR_DISTRICTS_SPG` vs `WHSE_ADMIN_BOUNDARIES.ADM_NR_DISTRICTS_SP`)
  - `details`
    - `column_comments`
    - `column_name`
  - `bcdc_type` (not actually using yet but may be useful)
  - `format`
  - `resource_storage_location`
  - `name`
  - `url`
- group:
  - `description`
  - `packages`

## Web Services

### API Version:

- TEST: `https://test.openmaps.gov.bc.ca`
- DELIVERY: `https://delivery.openmaps.gov.bc.ca`
- PROD: `https://openmaps.gov.bc.ca`

Endpoints:

- wfs: `geo/pub/wfs`
- wms: `geo/pub/wms`

Query Parameters for `geo/pub/wfs`:

- query is sent in the body of a `POST` request (with `encode = "form"`). If a dataset has > n records (default n = 1000), pagination is used to send sequential requests. Pagination is executed using `count`, `sortBY`, and `startIndex`.
  - SERVICE = “WFS”
  - VERSION = “2.0.0”
  - REQUEST = “GetCapabilities”
  - REQUEST = “GetFeature”
    - outputFormat = “application/json”
    - typeNames (extracted from `resource.url` and compared against `resource.object_name`)
    - SRSNAME (default `EPSG:3005`)
    - CQL_FILTER
    - count
    - propertyName
    - sortBy
    - startIndex